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The LDS Restorationist movement,
including many Mormon denominations,
including The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints:

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Background:

The LDS Restoration movement is made up of denominations,
sects, and
small faith groups who trace their origins back to the
original Church of Christ that Joseph Smith's
founded in 1830. The Church of Christ
was renamed the Church of Latter-day Saints in 1834, then became the Church of
Jesus Christ of Latter Day Saints in 1838.

Following Smith's assassination
by a Christian mob in 1844, problems arose about
the choice of a new leader. This caused schism within the church, which resulted
in the creation of a number of new faith groups. The largest faction, under the
leadership of Brigham Young, started on a long trek to Salt Lake in what is now
Utah. Other groups remained in the mid-west.

The Utah group changed the
capitalization and punctuation of their name to became The Church of Jesus Christ
of Latter-day Saints in 1851. It is now called by the latter title (no pun
intended), and is often referred to as the LDS, LDS Church, Mormon Church,
Latter-day Saints, the Church, or The Church of Jesus Christ.
It remains by far the largest denomination within the LDS Restoration movement.

Many schisms followed so that the present-day LDS Restoration
movement consists of almost a hundred faith groups, most of which are tiny.

The membership of the LDS Church and of some other groups within
the LDS Restoration movement are often referred to as "Mormons" by the
media and general public. However, only the LDS
Church and a few other faith groups used this term themselves. Further, the LDS
Church objects to any reference to other denominations having any claim to
the term "Mormon."

2018-AUG: God allegedly orders LDS Church to use its full name:

To further complicate matters, God allegedly instructed the LDS Church to abandoned the terms "Mormon" and "LDS Church." They are to use the full denominational title: The Church of Jesus Christ
of Latter-day Saints." On 2018-AUG-17, Jana Riess, a columnist for the Religion News Service wrote:

"Yesterday, the church that invested millions in its Meet the Mormons movie and exports its Mormon Tabernacle Choir as its ambassador to the world asked us all to stop using the word 'Mormon.'

Ahem. It seems I’m no longer a Mormon columnist. I’m a Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints columnist, and isn’t that just so fun to say?

What’s more, this is being presented not as a simple branding change but in the language of divine revelation: 'The Lord has impressed upon my mind the importance of the name He has revealed for His Church, even The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints,' said Russell M. Nelson, president of the Church formerly known as the LDS Church."

There is considerable doubt about whether other faith groups will abandon the terms "LDS" and "Mormon." Richard E. Bennett, a church history professor at Brigham Young University said:

"I don't think it's going to stop our friends outside the church from calling us nicknames. But certainly among members of the church, we'll be making a greater effort to follow the directions."

The Mormon Tabernacle Choir, which as been singing for over 150 years, has changed its name to "The Tabernacle Choir at Temple Square." Choir president Ron Jarrett said:

"A new name for the Tabernacle Choir will represent a change after so many years. But we have always been a forward-looking people, and we are focused on what is not changing: the world-class musicianship, the inspiring arrangements and programming, and our weekly ‘Music and the Spoken Word’ broadcast." 6

What Mormons and other Christians think of each other's theology:

In an essay on the LDS church in Christianity Today --
a leading evangelical Christian magazine -- Robert Millet and Gerald McDermott stated:

"Historically, evangelicals and Mormons have demonized each
other. Evangelicals consider The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints to be a cult and typically think Mormons are not real
Christians." 1

A major concern of evangelicals towards the LDS Church is their belief in the nature of God. Evangelicals believe that God the Father is a spirit without a physical body. One of the major sources of LDS theology is the Doctrine and Covenants [D&C]. An article in SBC LIFE -- the official journal of the Southern BaptistConvention -- quotes D&C saying that the Mormons believe the Holy Spirit, Jesus Christ and the Heavenly Father to be:

"... comprise three separate and distinct gods: the Father and the Son have bodies of flesh and bones 'as tangible as man's,' but the Holy Ghost 'is a personage of Spirit' (Doctrine and Covenants [D&C], 130:22)." 5

In return, Mormons generally accept
evangelicals and many other Christian denominations as Christian groups. However Mormons
also believe that the Christian movement deviated from the true messages of the Gospel
after the last apostle died during the early first century CE and that the denominations in the LDS Restorationist movement have been able to recreate authentic Christianity.

Before sending a letter of complaint:

A reference and footnotes used:

Robert Millet and Gerald McDermott, "Mitt's Mormonism and the
'Evangelical Vote'
Can conservative Protestants vote for a member of what they consider a
cult?" Christianity Today, 2007-MAY-31, at:
http://www.christianitytoday.com/

We receive a lot of Emails saying that our use of "polygyny" is a
typo and that the correct word is "polygamy." This is not a spelling
error. "Polygyny" means a marriage between one man and multiple
wives, which is what the essays discuss.

Polygamy can mean:

polygyny: a marriage among one man and multiple women;

polyandry: a marriage among one woman and multiple men; or

group marriage: a marriage among multiple men and multiple women

Only polygyny is currently promoted by certain fundamentalist Mormon
denominations. With few exceptions, polygyny was the only polygamous arrangement
promoted by The Church of Jesus Christ
of Latter-day Saints until it was at least temporarily suspended in the late
19th century.

American Experience and Frontline, two of PBS' most acclaimed
TV series presented "The Mormons," a four hour documentary about the
Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints. It is available for viewing online
and for purchase in DVD format. See: http://www.pbs.org/mormons/